Google plans to train 20,000 Nigerian women and youth in digital skills and provide a grant of $1.6 million to help the government create 1 million digital jobs in the…
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Links Between Fracking and Health Cited in New Pennsylvania Study
Researchers in heavily drilled Pennsylvania were preparing Tuesday to release findings from taxpayer-financed studies on possible links between the natural gas industry and pediatric cancer, asthma and poor birth outcomes.…
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North Korea Says US Soldier Wants Refuge from Racism in US Army
North Korea concluded that Travis King wants refuge there or in another country because of “inhuman maltreatment and racial discrimination within the U.S. Army,” state media said on Wednesday, Pyongyang’s…
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Tennessee Refinery Could Break Chinese Chokehold on Two Critical Minerals
by Thomas Burkeby Thomas BurkeA solution to potential shortages of two critical minerals used in making semiconductors and advanced military equipment — exports of which were restricted by China this month — may be…
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Death Toll from Maui Fire Reaches 106
by Thomas Burkeby Thomas BurkeA mobile morgue unit arrived Tuesday to help Hawaii officials working painstakingly to identify remains, as Maui County released the first names of people killed in the wildfire that all…
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Conservative Group Aims to Persuade Republicans to Support Ukraine
by Thomas Burkeby Thomas BurkeA new organization in Washington will spend $2 million in an advertising campaign aimed at shoring up Republican lawmakers’ support for Ukraine. The effort is being launched ahead of a…
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Trump’s Georgia Indictment Draws Mixed Reaction
by Blake Brooksby Blake BrooksThe fourth indictment of former U.S. President Donald Trump and 18 other people for alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election drew a swift response across…
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Foreign national sentenced to more than 2 decades in prison for mailing ricin to Trump in 2020
by Thomas Burkeby Thomas BurkePascale Ferrier also mailed ricin-laced letters to 8 Texas law enforcement officials A dual Canadian and French national was sentenced Thursday to nearly 22 years in prison for mailing ricin-laced…
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State school board delays vote on transgender girls sports policy
by Koby Johnby Koby JohnAlaska’s state school board has unexpectedly delayed a vote on a proposed regulation that would prohibit transgender girls from playing on girls high school sports teams. Board chairman James Fields…
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U.S. Senate passes bill with $168M for JBER runway extension and other military projects
The U.S. Senate has passed a national defense bill that includes a 5.2% pay raise for service members and eight military construction projects for Alaska worth $168 million. The largest…